"We
few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds
his blood with me shall be my brother"

Charlie Company35th Infantry RegimentKorean War

"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, 1LT John Houston Haddock Jr, O0061037, who died in the service of his country on November 28th, 1950 in North Korea. The cause of death was listed as MIA to Declared Dead. At the time of his death John was 22 years of age. He was from Randolph County, Georgia. John's Military Occupation Specialty was 1542.

The decorations earned by 1LT John Houston Haddock Jr include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

First Lieutenant Haddock was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On November 28, 1950, he led his platoon into a North Korean village and was ambushed. He was last seen trying to aid a wounded comrade. He was listed as Missing in Action and presumed dead on December 31, 1953. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. First Lieutenant Haddock was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.